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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

25 reviews

jomarie's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This was a book that I’ve had for quite a while and was interested in reading as a lover of sci-fi stories. Having read it, I’m not sure I gained any more respect for it. 

Caveat: I don’t have a great track record of liking classics, so definitely take my opinion with a grain of salt! 

I only knew the bare bones of the story through pop culture references. I was expecting a gothic, atmospheric story of man’s hubris. The actual story didn’t quite hit that mark. Mostly, I was bored. The monster featured so little, most of the characters were flat, and framing it as a story being told to a man on a mission to the North Pole felt unnecessary. The most interesting part was what the monster did after running away from Victor, but that was told as a dry conversation rather than actually spending time in that space. It frankly made Felix out to be a more enticing character than anyone else in the book. 

Luckily, I read through the info in the front of my copy that explained some of the historical context that Mary Shelley wrote it under. If I hadn’t, I’d feel even more disconnected from the point of it all than I already am. If you’re only looking at it as an example of historic literature, it’s a fascinating study. However, that’s not what I was doing. 

Knowing the kind of reader I am, I should have done the audiobook to better comprehend and connect with the story, or just picked my favorite movie adaption and called it good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Child death, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Medical content

Minor: Racism and Animal death

vezreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism

k1313's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Murder, Incest, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Stalking, Gun violence, Classism, Racism, Sexism, and Violence

macliffe's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Death, Suicide attempt, Murder, Child death, Terminal illness, Stalking, and Grief

Moderate: Torture and Medical content

Minor: Body horror, Toxic friendship, and Racism

amissabellator's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Abandonment, Bullying, Stalking, Suicide, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Hate crime, Classism, Sexism, Colonisation, Gun violence, Incest, Confinement, Misogyny, Racism, and Addiction

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Animal death, Homophobia, and Violence

plantdonut's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Body horror, Death, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, and Grief

Minor: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Stalking, Colonisation, and Racism

melancholymegs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Minor: Racism, Colonisation, and Gun violence

theuncannydani's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Grief, Death, Xenophobia, Dysphoria, Incest, Murder, Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Islamophobia, Gore, Terminal illness, and Racism

Minor: Religious bigotry

rieviolet's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I listened to the audiobook version and, even though I really liked the narrator's voice, I have to accept the fact that I do not get along with audiobooks, I struggle to focus and I end up missing a good chunk of the story. I say this because it negatively affected my fruition of the book and partially influenced my final rating.

However, I also wasn't that much blown away by the story itself. I struggled the most with the chapters narrated from Frankenstein's point of view, as the story progressed they became quite tiresome and I just did not care much for him as a character, I just wanted him to stop droning on and on.
I enjoyed a bit more the sections focused on the creature's perspective. The themes addressed are interesting but the characterization and the story development were rather unremarkable. The overall reading experience was a bit middle-of-the-road for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, Violence, Death, Body horror, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, Child death, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Kidnapping, Colonisation, Genocide, Islamophobia, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt

mmefish's review against another edition

Utterly boring, overly descriptive book full of dramatic whining; it’s terribly paced and has only one voice for every single character.
One of the examples where you can read a summery of a classic and not miss out on anything at all.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism